Pedestal extension-table.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

0. W. PRENTISS. PEDESTAL EXTENSION TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 24, 1907.

silica- 1110 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES W. PRENTISS, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO SOUTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, A CORPORATION OF GEORGIA.

PEDESTAL EXTENSION-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908,

Application filed October 24, 1907. Serial No. 398,952.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. Pnnnrrss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta,Fulton county, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pedestal Extension-Tables, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pedestal exten sion tables and consists in the improved means which I have devised for adjusting the pedestal and keeping the sections thereof together at the bottom when the table is not extended.

It embodies brace rods connecting the sec tions of the pedestal with the table top which rods strengthen the table, and by reason of the fact that they are adjustable, they provide means for keeping the parts in proper position.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a view partly in section showing my invention applied to an extension table Fig. 2 is a similar view of the upper part of the table showing the brace rods in a different adjusted position; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the adjusting mechanism separated from the table.

The table to which my invention is applied is of ordinary construction including the two top sections 1 and 2 mounted upon a central pedestal each part being secured to one of the top sections made up of the two sections 3 and 4 which when pushed together make a single symmetrical support for the top. These sections are mounted in the ordinary way upon the legs 5 and 6.

It is well known that in tables constructed as above indicated there is a tendency for the sections of the pedestal to separate at the bottom as indicated in Fig; 1, and this detracts from the appearance of the table. To overcome this I use the brace rods 7 and 8 which have semi-cylindrical lower ends 9 fitting within semi-cylindrical bearings 10 in bearing blocks 11 attached to the sides of the pedestal sections some distance from the top. The other ends 12 of the brace rods, which are made at an angle to the main body portion, are provided with vertical openings to receive the thumb screws 13. Nuts 14 are counter sunk in the upper ends of the brace rods around the vertical openings therein so as to furnish screw thread connections for the thumb pieces 13. Abutment blocks '15 are attached to the under surface of the table in such position that the ends 12 of the brace rods 7 will bear against them. Metal bear: ing pieces 16 are preferably let into the under surface of the table top in such position that the upper} ends of the thumb screws 13 will bear against them. The parts 11 and 15 are secured in place by any suitable means such as screws and these parts as well as the brace rods 7 are preferably made of wood. The thumb screws 13, nuts 14 and bearing pieces 16 are made of metal.

It will be understood that in operation the brace rods 7 may turn in the bearings 10 and that when the thumb screws 13 are adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2 their upper ends upon being forced downwardly slide in contact with the abutment blocks 15 which results in forcing the two sections of the pedestal tightly together. I prefer to use two brace rods, one for each section of the table, but it will be understood thatthe use of one will at least partly secure the advantages had in view when this invention was made. It will also be understood that my adjusting means may be used in other similar devices.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

.1. A pedestal extension table, comprising top sections and extension devices connecting the same, a two part pedestal, each part being secured to one of the top sections, a brace rod having pivotal connection at one end with a section of the pedestal below its top, a vertical abutment on the under sur- 1" face of the table against which the other end of said brace rod slidably bears, and means for adjusting the end of said brace rod.

2'. A pedestal extension table, comprising top sections and extension devices connecting the same, a two part pedestal, each part being secured to one of the top sections, a brace rod having pivotal connection at one end with a section of the pedestal below its end with a section of the pedestal below its top, a vertical abutment on the under surface of the table against which the other end of said brace rod slidably bears, a thumb screw passing vertically through the upper end of the brace rod and making screw connection with a nut counter sunk in said end, and a bearing surface on the under surface of the top section for the end of said thumb screw.

4. A pedestal extension table, comprising top sections and extension devices connecting the same, a two part pedestal, each part being secured to one of the topsections, a brace rod having a semi-cylindrical lower end, a bearing block attached to the pedestal some distance from the top and being provided with a semi-cylindrical socket in which the end of the rod fits, a vertical abutment on the under surface of the table, against which the other end of the brace rod slidably bears, and means for adjusting the upper end of said brace rod with reference to the top section.

5. A pedestal extension table, comprising top sections and extension devices connecting the same, a two part pedestal, each part being secured to one of the top sections, a

brace rod making connection with the pedes- I justing said end longitudinally of said abut-' ment.

6. A pedestal extension table, comprising top sections and extension devices connecting the same, a two part pedestal, each part being secured to one of the top sections, brace rods having pivotal connection at one end with the sections of the pedestal below the top, abutments on the under surface of the top sections having bearing surfaces at an angle to the direction in which the rods extend against which the other ends of said brace rods bear, and means for adjusting the ends of said brace rods along said bearing surfaces.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. PRENTISS. Witnesses H. W. YOUNG, LOUIS NEWELT. 

